Robert Stolz "VENUS IN SILK" Lester O'Keefe / Jack Cole 1932 FLOP Sheet Music

Description

This is a rare piece of sheet music for the song "BABY, PLAY WITH ME" from the
out-of-town tryouts of the ROBERT STOLZ, LAURENCE SCHWAB and LESTER O'KEEFE Gay Musical Play "VENUS IN SILK". (The musical premiered as "BELOVED ROGUE" on July 22nd, 1935 at the Municipal Open Air Theatre, Forest Park in Saint Louis, Missouri and ran for one week. A revised version retitled "VENUS IN SILK" opened October 1st, 1935 at the Nixon Theatre in Pittsburgh and closed at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C., failing to arrive in New York City.) ..... The ensemble cast included JACK COLE, FLORENZ AMES, ROY GORDON, NANCY McCORD, AUDREY CHRISTIE, GILBERT LAMB, J. HAROLD MURRAY, JACK YOUNG, AL DOWNING, VICTOR CASMORE, JOSEPH MACAULAY, JOHN SHEEHAN, BELA LOBLOV, JOHN CHERRY, ALICE DUDLEY, JOHN RAY and EARLE MacVEIGH ..... CREDITS: Music by ROBERT STOLZ; Book by LAURENCE SCHWAB and LESTER O'KEEFE from the original "Venus in Seide" by ALFRED GRUNWALD and LUDWIG HERZER; Sets designed by RAYMOND SOVEY; Costumes designed by KAY MORRISON; Choreographed by WILLIAM HOLBROOK; Directed by ZEKE COLVAN; Produced by LAURENCE SCHWAB
..... DETAILS: The six page piece of sheet music measures 9" X 12" inches and is copyrighted 1932 by Do-Re-Mi Musikverlag and 1935 by Chappell & Co., Inc., New York City ..... CONDITION: With the exception of light surface rubbing along the outside edge of the front cover and minor soiling to the back cover, this rare sheet music is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.